hey guys gonna be starting some rust repair on the ole girl this weekend.

im going to be using fiberglass, instead of any sort of bondo.

for painting over it, ill be using a bedliner of some sort.

which do y'all prefer? there raptor liner, monstaliner, sem rockitliner, duplicolor bed armour, and rustolium bed liner. theres also regular rubberized undercoating, which doesnt work too well. i want something semi rust-resistant.

thanks for any help, ill be updating the thread with pics and info as i go...

 

Check the bedliner thread in the FAQ section.

 

Didnt even realize there was a thread for it in faq section.. you da man!

 

I'll be interested in seeing how this turns out!

 

use bondo! Be a MANS MAN!!!

LOL

Good luck. I hope your Patience is better then mine

 

started stripping paint and rust tonight... started on the passenger side.





ill start fiberglassing it tomorrow. ill probly be picking up some tiger hair bondo as well...

 

If I may make a suggestion... I know how you feel my truck used to look similar. I used a lot of fibreglass and bondo mostly on the box sides. My rockers cab corners and fenders I replaced with new metal. I also used bondo on both my doors. My suggestion is start with a better box. I know it's not cheap that's why I didn't but its cheaper in the end. Not even a year later my box and doors looks like crap. Bondo is showing and the rust is coming through and yeah.. Now I'm looking for a better box to put on, which I should have done a year ago. By time you buy bondo, fibreglass, mixing pads, sand paper, primer and paint its almost the same price as a box in really good shape, especially a short box.

 

ill have maybe 50 bucks into the rust repair all said and done. used boxes go for 250+ and the truck is getting replaced soon...

almost 200k on it, and the rust is kicking my ***. ill get a 3rd gen 3/4 ton hemi and transfer my plow over.

 

Are you going to treat the rust with a converter before the fiberglass? I've been down this road before. Hope you can get some enjoyment out of the project. I'd rather do mechanical work over body work any day haha.

 

Havent really thought about a rust converter... I plan on getting a new truck with tax returns so I dont really need to worry about it.

Motor will be dropped into a 5 spd 2wd dakota at some point when money allows...